Jewish Holidays

Chassidic tradition emphasizes the cyclical, rejuvenating nature of time. In this respect Rosh Chodesh is most important. It tells us to stop, to think, and to clarify our role and aspirations in life in general, specifically in serving the Creator.

A home can guard a person from the cold and the rain, but the principal danger a person faces in life is forgetting his purpose. By sitting in a sukkah, by reflecting on life’s transience, a person is granted the most profound security possible.

Smelling an Etrog and Hadasim on Sukkot, What Brach should one recite when smelling them?

If a sukkah is built so poorly that it is not possible to sleep in it, some authorities hold that it is not kosher and that one may not even eat in it. However, in practice, we do not follow this view, and such a sukkah is nonetheless kosher.